smarten en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/
Etymology
From smart + -en.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting.
1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
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(transitive) To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.).
I braced myself and smartened my pace, shouldering my way through the crowd.
2001, Vernon Robinson, If I Should Die Before I Wake, page 264:
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(transitive) To augment with computer technology.
How do we achieve this smartening of the grid? The CALM approach in the future will be to use reinforcement learning (RL) controllers as a basis for optimizing the synergy between operators and automation.
2008, Roger Neeson Anderson, Albert Boulanger, John A. Johnson, Computer-aided Lean Management for the Energy Industry, page 335:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| smartening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| smartened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| smartened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| smartens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |